The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 9A. Constable & Company, 1821 |
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Page 197
... Shaftesbury , dismissed from the administration , had bent his whole genius for intrigue , to effect the exclusion of the Duke of York from the crown of England , even at the risk of a civil war . Monmouth had thrown himself into the ...
... Shaftesbury , dismissed from the administration , had bent his whole genius for intrigue , to effect the exclusion of the Duke of York from the crown of England , even at the risk of a civil war . Monmouth had thrown himself into the ...
Page 200
... Shaftesbury was distinguished by the nick - name of Achitophel * before the appearance of the fol- lowing poem . On the merits of Dryden's satire , all critics have been long agreed . " If it be considered , " says Dr Johnson , " as a ...
... Shaftesbury was distinguished by the nick - name of Achitophel * before the appearance of the fol- lowing poem . On the merits of Dryden's satire , all critics have been long agreed . " If it be considered , " says Dr Johnson , " as a ...
Page 201
... Shaftesbury had no hand in this matter , since , first , young Dryden was admitted on the recommendation of the King himself ; secondly , Shaftesbury happened to be dead at the time . See Malone's Dryden , Vol . I. p . 148. The ...
... Shaftesbury had no hand in this matter , since , first , young Dryden was admitted on the recommendation of the King himself ; secondly , Shaftesbury happened to be dead at the time . See Malone's Dryden , Vol . I. p . 148. The ...
Page 203
... Shaftesbury , was to have rendered the Duke of York as abandoned an exile as the first murderer Cain . This stroke of power was executed so unexpectedly , that the Commons had not the slightest suspicion of what was intended , till they ...
... Shaftesbury , was to have rendered the Duke of York as abandoned an exile as the first murderer Cain . This stroke of power was executed so unexpectedly , that the Commons had not the slightest suspicion of what was intended , till they ...
Page 204
... Shaftesbury , and that party , and in vindication of the King and his friends . " ยง " Towser the Second , a bull - dog , or a short reply to Absalom and Achito- phel : " In pious times , when poets were well bang'd For saucy satire ...
... Shaftesbury , and that party , and in vindication of the King and his friends . " ยง " Towser the Second , a bull - dog , or a short reply to Absalom and Achito- phel : " In pious times , when poets were well bang'd For saucy satire ...
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